Attachment for beds.



PATENTED MAY 29, 1906.

J. P. WILLIAMS.

ATTACHMENT FOR BEDS. APPLICATION FILED JULY 28.1905.

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No. 821,691. PATENTED MAY 29, 1906.

J. P. WILLIAMS. ATTACHMENT FOR BEDS.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES P. WILLIAMS, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO VICTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, A CORPORA- TION OF MAINE.

ATTACHMENT FOR BEDS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 29, 1906.

To a, whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES P. WILLIAMS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Boston, Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Attachments for Beds, &c., of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

My invention relates to attachments for beds, chairs, or like articles, and may be employed in other analogous locations.

More particularly my invention relates to means and devices whereby canopies or mosquito-bars or like articles maybe attached to or mounted upon the bed or hke article, and

also to a novel construction of an attachment for supporting such canopies or like articles to a bed.

I have shown my invention as applied to an iron bedstead of ordinary construction.

An object of my invention is to provide such an attachment which maybe attached to and detached from beds of varying sizes and in a quick and expeditious manner.

A further and important object is to provide such an attachment having a construction that may be taken down and easily and quickly taken to pieces for the purpose of packing in the smallest possible bulk.

To these objects my invention consists in a novel attachment composed mainly of rods, preferably of metal, adjustable or otherwise, with suitable connections for securing the same to each other and to the bed, the whole adapted to be taken to pieces, so that the various rods and parts may be packed side by side in a long box or package, thus constitut ing of the device a knockdown attachment.

The mosquito-bar or canopy maybe of any approved or convenient deslgn or construction and may be secured upon my lmproved attachment by rings or loops in any ordinary or well-known manner, which in and of itself forms no art of my invention except when considered in combination with the other described parts.

I will first describe forms of devices which constitute embodiments of my improvements and inventions and will then point out the novel features in claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device embodying my improvements shown attached to an iron bed and with a canopy or mosquito-bar applied as in use. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 1. same with the bed omitted save for the knobs of the head-posts thereof. Figs. 4 and 5 are enlarged details in plan and elevation, respectlvely, of the ap ertured casting shown inserted below the knobs of the head-posts in Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 6 shows a broken view in plan of a modified manner of connecting the ring-rod and braced rod, and Figs. 7 and 8 show the apertured casting and the other arts detached. Figs. 9 and 10 are views coking from the right of Figs. 7 and 8, respectively.

Similar letters of reference are employed to designate corresponding parts in the several figures of the drawings.

The bed and the canopy, which may be of well-known form, will not be described. When the bed is of a difierent type from that shown, difierent connecting means for my attach- Inent may be necessary and the changes may be made without affecting my broad invention.

Referring to Figs. 1, 2, and 3, I will now describe certain parts which are provided in duplicate. First, there is the ring-rod or rod upon which the canopy or mosquito-bar'is supported by rings or in any other wellknown manner. This ring-rod is marked A. It is supported at its end from a second rod, which I shall term the braced rod, (marked B.) The braced rod B is connected with the upper portion of the head-post of the bed and preferably through the agency of an apertured washer C, which will be more particularly described. This form of washer forms a convenient connecting means by simply removing the knob of the head-post, placing the aperture of the washer over the screw of Fig. 3 is a plan view of the said knob, and replacing said knob. In orioo has at the point E a screw or pivot or like arrangement engaging with a hole in the end of the brace D. Thebrace therefrom extends to a point on the braced rod B intermediate with the ends of the said rod B and is there connected by a suitable device, as F.

The above-described parts are, as stated, in duplicate on either side of the head of the bed. As a further means of making the parts firm I preferably employ a cross-brace extending between the extremities of the two braced rods or otherwise connected to the same, and the cross-brace preferably consists of the tubular portion G and a rod portion g, slidingwithin the tubular portion G, so-as .to adapt the same for varying widths of beds.

A similarly-extensible cross-rod H it may be provided having sliding connection with the two ring-rods A, and by placing a series of rings along the extensible cross-rod H h the canopy may be attached along the whole front to said rings, as clear from Figs. 2 and 3.

To render the structure more stable, I also preferably provide an extensible head-rod J j, which is best seen through the canopy in Fig. 3 and, as shown in Fig. 4, is preferably rigidly connected at either side with the apertured washer C, the head-rod thereby preventing any turning or movement of the apertured washer and parts forwardly extending therefrom. As best shown in Figs. 4 and 5, the apertured washer C is provided with the portion just mentioned, which is rigid with the head-rod J, and is also provided with a (preferably integral) portion 0, which comprises openin s for the reception of the braced rod B an ring-rod A, respectively, 7 and from which the said rods A and B are removable, with a device, such as a pin Z), for rigidly securing the braced rod B in place. The ring-rod may have some such securing device, but this is not necessary. Obviously by removing the pin I) both the rods A and B are removable for the purpose of packing or storing, and they are likewise removable at their outer and forward ends by a preciselysimilar arrangement, the casting K at that point, however, not having an aperture for connection with a head-post, but secured,

preferably rigidly, with the cross-brace G 9. On the top 'rod J may be placed a nut j, which serves to secure the two parts of the rod from longitudinal movement relatively to each other, and by this arrangement my improved canopy-holder may be secured at the upper ends of extensions to the headposts and will serve as a brace therefor. Such extensions are not shown herein, but are shown in my previous application above mentioned.

I have devised and illustrated a modified form embodying an improved manner of interconnecting the ring-rod and braced rod with the other parts. (Shown in Figs. 6 to 10, inclusive.) The apertured washer in this case,

which I have marked L, varies from the apertured washer C, already described, in that the integral portion 0 of the casting C is replaced by the portion Z, which is provided with an opening for the reception vof the braced rod B. The ring-rod A is not fitted into an opening in casting L, but is fitted into an opening of a second casting, which I will term the ring-rod casting '(marked M) and which is secured by a pin m to the braced rod B. The rod B extends rearwardly beyond the casting M, so as to engage with the opening in Z. For keeping the parts in place and at the same time permitting the simplest possible detachment a lug Z is formed on the part Z, and this lug is provided with a hookshaped depression, as clear from Figs. 7 and 9, into which a portion of the pin m, allowed to project from the casting M, rests when the parts are in normal position. It might be here statedthat the ring-rod, as shown in Fig. 10 and other figures, is preferably offset to a slight extent inwardly of and below the braced rod. When in this position, as seen in Fig. 10, the extended portion of pin m will be upright and in engagement with the lug Z, as stated and as clearly seen in Fig. 6. Obviously a slight turn of the braced rod will permit its withdrawal from the other parts. The portion m of the ring-rod casting M may be U-shaped, as seen in Fig. 10, and the ringrod detached by simply lifting therefrom.

Anobject of advantage in the hereinbeforedescribed cano y-holder is the possibility of the use of the raced rods B for the support of decorative drapery which may be independent of the canopy or mosquito-bar sliding upon the ring-rod A. When it is not desired to have a canopy capable of sliding on the ring-rod, so as to remove the same completely toward the head of the bed, and thus permit freer circulation of air, the ring-rod may be dispensed with and the canopy at tached directly to the braced rods, in which case the canopy will not be capable of sliding with the specific construction shown. When fitted to slide, preferably drawing-strings should be employed by which thecanopy may be easily drawn to its outward or inward positions. Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

and a canopy or the like supported from said ring-rods and cross-rod.

2. A knockdown attachment for beds or the like comprising in combination the following-named parts the same having detachable connections to permit boxing in a narrow box, namely: duplicate a ertured castings, as C, having openings or detachable connection of duplicate braced rods, said duplicate braced rods forwardly extending from said castings, duplicate ring-rods removably supported below said braced rods, duplicate diagonal braces for the braced rods, a crossbrace, a cross-rod sliding on said ring-rods, and a canopy or the like supported from said ring-rods and cross-rod, and a top rod connecting with the duplicate apertured castings, preventing turning thereof.

3. A knockdown attachment for beds or the like comprising in combination the following-named parts the same having detachable connections to permit boxing in a narrow box, namely: duplicate a ertured castings, as 0, having openings or detachable connection of du licate braced rods, said duplicate braced ro s forwardly extending from said castings, duplicate ring-rods removably supported below said braced rods, duplicate diagonal braces for the braced rods, a crossbrace, a cross-rod sliding on said ring-rods, and a canopy or the like supported from said ring-rods and cross-rod, sald cross-brace and cross-rod being extensible.

4. A knockdown attachment for beds or the like comprising in combination the following-named parts the same having detachable connections to permit boxing in a narrow box, namely: duplicate a ertured castings, as C, having openings or detachable connection of duplicate braced rods, said duplicate braced rods forwardly extending from said castings, duplicate ring-rods removably supported below said braced rods, duplicate diagonal braces for the braced rods, a crossbrace, a cross-rod sliding on said ring-rods, and a canopy or the like sup orted from said ring-rods and crossrod, an a top rod connecting. with the duplicate apertured castings, preventing turning thereof, said crossbrace, cross-rod and top rod being extensible.

5. In combination, a casting for attachment to a bed or the like, having an openin for the detachable engagement of a braced rod, with a hook and pin device, substantially as described intermediate the casting and braced rod and holding the two in easilyremovable normal engagement, a casting or extension on the braced rod for the reception of a ring-rod, said braced rod and ring-rod, and detachable connection for the forward ends of the same, substantially as and for the purposes described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, on this 26th day of July, A. D. 1905.

JAMES P. WILLIAMS.

In presence of ROGER CLAPP, G. E. HAYNES. 

